'Antibiotic prescribing' Blog Posts

Getting the issue of AMR in dentistry taken seriously has been a long journey. Although antibiotic prescribing in dentistry is small compared to some other healthcare sectors, we are still prescribing around 3 million courses of antibiotics every year on the NHS in England.

In Wales, as many as 81% of the antibiotics prescribed in general dental practice do not adhere to published prescribing guidance and that this may be putting patients at unnecessary risk. Anwen Cope highlights what dentists can do to ensure the problems associated with AMR are minimised.

We feel that dentistry is often forgotten when it comes to getting a share of NHS funding, but we've set out to Government why we feel committing more resources to NHS dentistry can massively improve oral (and general) health outcomes for patients.

A BMJ opinion piece that questioned the existing medical advice about taking a full course of antibiotics to treat infection hit the headlines recently. Of course, the tabloids relished giving doctors a dressing down about the validity of their health advice, yet again.